Pantaloons attachment



JIA. GENDRON.

(No Model.)

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Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

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@aan ey ANDREW EGRHAM. PHOTD-LUMO-WASHINGTUN. D C.

UNITED i o STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. GENDRON, OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PANTALooNs ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,308, dated October 22, 1895.

Application iiled February 20,1895. Serial No. 539,124. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. GENDRON, a citizen of Canada, residing at Nashua, inthe county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pantaloons Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in means for suspending pantaloons; and it consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and adaptation of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is View of a part of the body of a man with my improvements in perspective thereon. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the waist-strips of the device removed. Fig. 4. is a detail section taken in the plane 4indicated by the line :n on

Fig. 3.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates one waist-strip of my improved device, there being two strips employed, one upon each side of the person or body and placed over the hips and extending partly in front and partly in rear of the body, as will be presently described. Each of these strips A comprises a series of links, which are connected together in a hinged manner, the joints being so formed as to permit thelinks or sections to move laterally, but will prevent a vertical movement of the links separately or with respect to each other, so that any tendency of the stripsA to either move upwardly or downwardly must be a bodily one, for a purpose presently described.

I have illustrated the strips A as composed of plates B, which may be metal or other suitable material, and connections C, which may be wire or the like. In forming the strips of wire and plates I take the metallic plates of a sufcient length and width and wire of a sufficient gage and bend the latter into a rectangular form, as shown. I then bend the opposite ends of the plates around the adjacent vertical branches a of the wire, as shown at b, so that they may tlex laterally or in the transverse plane of the said branches and roll or bend of the plates, but will be prevented from moving with respect to each other in a vertical direction.

The strips A should be of a length sufficient torextend from the front suspender-button on the pantaloons-Waistband to the rear suspender-button thereon, and in using Wire for connecting the plates I so form the Wire at the proper points as to make them serve the additional function of engaging the buttons on the band. This Iaccomplish at each end by bending the wire to receive the eye or roll b of each end plate, as shown, and thence carrying the said wire upwardly, as at c, horizontally, as at d, inwardly, as at e, and upwardly in a looped manner, as at f, thence inwardly, as at g, and back horizontally, as at h, to the point of beginning. The loops or button-'engaging devices E, thus formed at the opposite ends of the strips A, are each preferably provided with a longitudinal space or interval i, between the branches d and h, a loopf, at the end and at a greater altitude than thespace t', and a seat m, formed by the bend e. Said loops or buttonengaging devices E are designed to engage the back buttons F and the front buttons G of a pair of pantaloons, and when the strips A of my improvements are to be attached to the pantaloons the pantaloons-buttons F G are passed through the loopsfof the devices E, and their attaching threads or shanks are seated in the seats m, when the strips A will be secure against casual disconnection from the pantaloons, as is obvious. The stripsAare furthermore respectively provided at or adjacent to their middles with loops D, as shown. These loops D are preferably formed from wires, which connect the plates in a hinged manner, and may be and preferably are made by carrying the middle portion of the wire upwardly in the loop form, as shown, and bending toward each other the branches at the points 7' and then crossing the branches, as shown at 1c, although it is obvious that this manner of forming the loops may be varied according to the fancy of the manufacturer. Said loops D are designed to engage the side pantaloons-buttons H, and they are placed in engagement with the same by passing them over the buttons and allowing the attaching threads or ICO shanks of the same to seat in the reduced portions fn, formed by the bends j k, as illustrated.

The loops D of the strips A are designed for the connection of shoulder-straps, and it will be seen that when the said strips A are placed in engagement with the pantaloonsbuttons, as described, and the shoulder-straps are connected with the loops D the pantaloons will he suspended not only at the points where the shoulder-straps are connected to the sections, but will, by reason of the strips A being prevented from flexing Vertically,be perfectly supported throughout the length of the said strips.

I indicates the shoulder-straps, which I pre fer to employ in conjunction with the sections A. These straps I are preferably connected together at or adjacent to their middles, and are designed and adapted to pass above and below the shoulders, as shown, and they have their contiguous ends connected together and to the loops D preferably by buckles J, which have hooks K to engage the loops, as illustrated.

It will be observed that the shoulder-straps are connected to the strips A at but two points-Viz., on opposite sides of the bod-yand that therefore they will notl impede or interfere with a free movement or bending of the body in any direction.

It will also be observed that the shoulderstraps arranged as described will act as a brace for the shoulders, and that they will be hidden by the coat of the wearer when no vest is worn, which is desirable, as is obvious.

ends; said devices being formed by bending pieces of wire to receive the eye or roll of each end plate of the strips, then carrying said wires upwardly as at c, horizontally as at d, inwardly as at e, to form seats for button Shanks, upwardly in a looped manner as atf, thence inwardly as at g, and back horizontally as ath, and the shoulder straps connected with the loops D, of the strips, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

2. A means for suspending pantaloons, comprising the strips A, composed of the plates B, and the wires C, connected by looping or bending the ends ot' the plates ou the vertical portionsof the wires, the end wires having loops adapted to receive buttons on the Waist band of pantaloons and the loops at intermediate points in the length of the strips also adapted to engage pantaloons buttons and shoulder straps connected with said latter' loops, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. GENDRON. Witnesses:

L. S. MINARD, L. P. JACKSON. 

